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15 UCM Orchestra students honored with All-Collegiate selection

The Missouri Music Educators Association hosts a Conference and In-service each January at the Tan-tar-a Resort in Osage Beach, MO.  As part of the annual conference an All-Collegiate ensemble is selected to feature some of the most accomplished college and university musicians from Missouri.  Thomas Sleeper from the University of Miami will conduct the 2009 All-Collegiate Orchestra. 

The Department of Music at UCM will be represented by the following outstanding students:

Jennifer Rubin, 3rd flute/pic. – student of Frank Fenley
James Westbrook, 1st clarinet – student of James Gai
Will Foss, 3rd horn – student of Gary Moege
Alex Caselman, 3rd trumpet – student of Alan Wenger
Ben Knapp, tuba – student of Jon Gregory
Sarah Love and Dustin Conrad, violin I – students of John Rutland
April Wilson and Amber Overman, 2nd violin – students of John Rutland
Megan Pace and Brooke Thompson, viola – students of John Rutland
Michelle Brown, Kasey Wasson, and Michael Rice, cello – students of Michael Bersin
Ariel Aguilar, bass – student of Michael Bersin

Michael Sekelsky serves as the All-Collegiate Orchestra administrator, as part of his MMEA College/University Vice-President responsibilities.  MoASTA representatives Ann Geiler (Clayton School District in St. Louis) and John Rutland (UCM) are the 2009 All-Collegiate Orchestra Coordinators.

 

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